Drinking: There is a strong drinking culture in the UK.You must be 18 years old to drink alcohol in the UK.Many students go to pubs and bars and you may be surprised at how much alcohol many UK students drink.If you do not drink alcohol, you can still make friends in London by going to pubs anyway and drinking soft drinks.
Relationships: Relationships between men and women are quite in formal in the UK and many men and women are friends.You will often see men and women holding hands and kissing in public.
Religion
Britain is a multicultural society and London is one of the most diverse cities in the world.Britain is also a very secular society and only a small number of people now attend a church of any kind.However, you will be able to find churches for most main religions in London.University of the Arts London also has Chaplains attached to different colleges who offer support to students of any faith and provide information about worship centres in London.For more information go to Chaplains in the Student Services section.
1.The weather in the UK is.
A.it rains all year round.
B.the temperature often seems higher than it is because the air is often damp.
C.the sky is blue and you can really enjoy the beautiful scenery.
D.London is always the warmest place in the UK.
2.You can practice English as much as possible by.
A.listening to an English-speaking radio.
B.watching films or learning online.
C.speaking to native English speakers.
D.all of the above.
3.What is the drinking culture in the UK?A.Only people above the age of 16 can drink alcohol.
B.Usually UK students don t drink much.
C.Many students go to pubs and bars to drink.
D.You will fail to make many friends unless you drink alcohol.
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A.Only a small number of people now attend a church of any kind.
B.It is rare for you to see men and women holding hands and kissing in public.
C.Smoking is banned in college.
D.It is easy to find food and ingredients for cooking from China.
Christmas in the Antarctic
On the first night they caught up with the advance party.Bad travelling conditions had seriously hampered their progress.For the next two weeks the parties travelled in relays, one overtaking the other,until the time came for the support party to return to base.
Added to Scott s misery of driving the dogs was the realization that the animals were not as strong as they ought to have been, probably as a result of bad food.This meant that the men had to lend a hand to assist the dogs, and now a team of three men seemed too small.
When it was eighty kilometres far away from the land at the inner edge of the Great Ice Barrier, they ran into snow so soft that men, dogs, and sledges became stuck fast.
These delays irritated Scott and made him impatient and sometimes bad-tempered, but he learned that he must control his feelings and his words.
There were other problems too.For all their practising, no one was able to manage his skis well.Their faces became blistered by the glare from the snow and they suffered from snow-blindness in spite of wearing wooden eye-masks.
These were carved from wood to fit over the eyes and had slits in the shape of a cross which let in a minimum amount of light.
Food and oil became short,especially after one dog broke loose and ate a week s supply of seal meat.Now the three hungry men thought,spoke, and wrote about food.They dreamed of delicious dishes and had nightmares when they disappeared.Hunger made them suspicious of one another until Shackleton hit upon a bright idea that ensured fair shares.
After the food had been divided into three, one closed his eyes, while another pointed in turn to each portion and said,“Whose is that ? ”In this way,if there were any difference in the size of the meals, the one with his eyes closed would not know who would get it.This game of“shut-eye”was played before each meal.
Many of the dogs had to be killed because they became too weak to travel.
Scott had to leave this unpleasant task to the other two.The men were weakened by hunger and exposure.Scott and Shackleton developed scurvy.
Yet,despite all this, they were determined to battle on.
Christmas Day, 1902, proved to be the warmest since they started and theywere able to travel more than thirteen kilometres, after break fasting on biscuit and seal liver fried in bacon and pemmican fat,with strawberry jam to follow.
The highlight came in the evening, when Shackleton pulled a Christmas pudding out of the toe of a spare sock,and a piece of artificial holly out of his bag.
They heated the pudding in the cocoa which they had just boiled, and served it，steaming hot,from the cooker lid.For once they divided the food without playing“shut-eye”.
1.In the phrase“pointed in turn to each portion”，“portion”means.
A.one of the three persons.
B.the container of food.
C.amount of food for one person.
D.quantity of food for three.
2.“They were determined to battle on”means.
A.“they were keen to keep going”
B.“they felt they had to go to battle”
C.“they continued fighting”
D.“they were convinced they would have to give up”
3.Why was the game of“shut-eye”not played on Christmas Day?A.They did not need such amusement that day.
B.They were not in the right mood.
C.It had been a successful day for them and they felt they deserved to eat as much as they could.
D.They wanted to preserve the spirit of the day.
4.Which of the following statements is false about Scott and his companions?A.They trusted each other implicitly throughout the expedition.
B.They did not let their problems discourage them from continuing with the expedition.
C.They were men of great courage and perseverance but they had common.
human weaknesses as well.
D.They could be mean at times and generous and forgiving at others.
